Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... mind and temperament have the smack of the salt sea - the free play and rough force of old ocean . He was a true child of the sea - of a fluent spirit , moved by powerful impulses , loving honor , bold and affectionate . Yet he was more ...
... mind and temperament have the smack of the salt sea - the free play and rough force of old ocean . He was a true child of the sea - of a fluent spirit , moved by powerful impulses , loving honor , bold and affectionate . Yet he was more ...
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... mind's inner sense the perpetual undertone of ocean , and drops the plow , and makes his way to the coast to embark upon the adventurous life of the sailor . The love of the sea is one of those instincts that are original in the nature ...
... mind's inner sense the perpetual undertone of ocean , and drops the plow , and makes his way to the coast to embark upon the adventurous life of the sailor . The love of the sea is one of those instincts that are original in the nature ...
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... mind of the boy the first faint fires of military glory connected with the sea . When those stories of combats on the ocean and on the great lakes were related with en- thusiasm at the family fireside or table , it is quite impossible ...
... mind of the boy the first faint fires of military glory connected with the sea . When those stories of combats on the ocean and on the great lakes were related with en- thusiasm at the family fireside or table , it is quite impossible ...
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... mind con- stantly to view the practical earnestness , and even solemnity of life - its obligations to God - had upon his whole future career ? In regard to the schoolmasters and school - days of Andrew Foote , a word might be said - and ...
... mind con- stantly to view the practical earnestness , and even solemnity of life - its obligations to God - had upon his whole future career ? In regard to the schoolmasters and school - days of Andrew Foote , a word might be said - and ...
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... Mediterranean squadron , for which station he ap- plied . His hopes were not realized . Something better , how- ever , than the gratification of his desires , or even the educa C tion of his mind , was in store for him.
... Mediterranean squadron , for which station he ap- plied . His hopes were not realized . Something better , how- ever , than the gratification of his desires , or even the educa C tion of his mind , was in store for him.
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A. H. FOOTE Admiral Foote Africa ANDREW HULL FOOTE Army attack Barrier Forts batteries battle battle of Belmont BENTON boats Bureau of Equipment Cairo Canton capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR deck Department Donelson duty enemy feel fight fire Flag-Officer flag-ship FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats Halleck Henry honor hope hundred iron-clad Island Joseph Smith land letter Lexington Lieutenant Foote Lieutenant-Commanding Louis Madrid Memphis miles Mississippi morning mortar-boats mortars Mound City Naval Forces Navy Yard night obedient servant officers Perry Phelps Pillow Pittsburg Pope port Portsmouth rams ready rebel received respectfully sailed sailors Secretary sent shells ship shore shot slaver soon squadron steamer Stembel stream Tennessee River thing tion troops vessels Washington Western flotilla Western Waters wounded